guys i have no way of sampling this - i like leather/fougere/spicy stuff - but i disliked Boucheron Homme EDP it wasnt bad - but it wasnt good either, i've sampled this equipage and belami before - but cant recall but i vaguely remember, that i like one of this but i cant remember which one! - So Far it looks like BEL AMI!

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Originally Posted by alfarom

No poll? Personally I own both but I vastely prefer Bel Ami (vintage).

Despite multiple revisits, I cannot come to terms with Bel-Ami, which I find a typical dated 80s herbal leather, albeit more refined than most. Whereas Equipage's unique charms grow on me with each wear.

I have vintage Equipage and new Bel Ami and far, FAR prefer Bel Ami. Equipage is OK, but it's got this rough almost crude 1970's feel to it whereas Bel Ami is smooth and timeless. There are times when I enjoy Equipage, but up against Bel Ami (of any formulation), it can't compete in my book.

Have I told you about the scent of jasmine? Have I spoken about the smell of the sea? The earth is scented. And I perfume myself to enhance what I am. That's why I can not wear a perfume that bothers me. Perfuming is an instinctive wisdom. And like all art, it requires some knowledge of yourself..."
Clarice Lispector ( 1920-1977) - Perfumes da Terra / Earth Perfumes

Hermes told Guy Robert they wanted something that smelled like "cold pipe". Don't think they got it. The quality is excellent but the fragrance is dull.

Bel Ami won that one before the race ever started. Hard to compete against one of the greatest masculines ever from one of the greatest perfumers ever in Jean-Louis Sieuzac (Bel Ami, Or Black, Fahrenheit, Opium pour femme, etc)